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SOMArts — I Am Crime: Art on the Edge of Law →
“I Am Crime: Art on the Edge of Law is an exhibition of more than 30 artists and collectives that challenge, question or circumvent the law through their work. Curated by Justin Hoover, I Am Crime touches on issues of equity—who gets to break the law, when, and why.
“‘True Crime,’ a collaborative installation conceived by Critical Art Ensemble, invites any visitor...
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Your questions seem to be aimed at an artist, but I consider myself, in all the...
– My answer to an SF Chronicle reporter asking about my Occupy Oakland watercolors for a story about the SomArts show coming up next week. Expect to see none of this in the article. (via susie-c)
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February 2012
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CB I Hate Perfume | In The Library →
So this is something I’ll be buying as soon as I have disposable income again.
“In the Library is a warm blend of English Novel*, Russian & Moroccan Leather Bindings, Worn Cloth and a hint of Wood Polish.
“*The main note in this scent was copied from one of my favorite novels originally published in 1927. I happened to find a signed first edition in pristine condition...
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The moon people do not eat by swallowing food but by smelling it. Their money is...
– Paul Auster, Moon Palace (via libraryland)
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If you’re scratching your head, you’re not the only one. There’s clearly nothing...
– Key Techdirt SOPA/PIPA Post Censored By Bogus DMCA Takedown Notice | Techdirt (via publicknowledge)
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loopcam:
Posted by Steven Sampaio
Cultists from the town of Povich, doing the Notthe Daddy sacred dance to infiltrate a ceremony of black arts. Naturally.
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Dazed Digital | Robert Montgomery: Ghost In The... →
“…the streets of various European capitals have been adorned with phrases such as CIVILISATIONS COME AND GO LIKE AUTUMN RAIN and WHENEVER YOU SEE THE SUN REFLECTED IN THE WINDOW OF A BUILDING IT IS AN ANGEL due to one artist’s continuing efforts to engage passers-by with his emotionally-charged and often melancholic abstract poetry. Robert Montgomery works in the situationist...
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Libraryland: "Madmen" by Billy Collins →
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They say you can jinx a poem if you talk about it before it is done. If you let it out too early, they warn, your poem will fly away, and this time they are absolutely right. Take the night I mentioned to you I wanted to write about the madmen, as the newspapers so blithely call them, who…
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wildhotels:
The First 40 (Jonas Mekas, 2006, available here)
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nomorebadfuture:
Allan Kaprow Art Which Can’t Be Art, 1986 It’s fairly well known that for the last thirty years my main work as an artist has been located in activities and contexts that don’t suggest art in any way. Brushing my teeth, for example, in the morning when I’m barely awake; watching in the mirror the rhythm of my elbow moving up and down … The practice of such an art, which...
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